Kendari SAR Team Finds 3 More Victims

Kendari : On Thursday, three more victims from a ships that sank in the Banda Sea were found
by a Search And Rescue Team. They were Aris Triono, the captain of the Amami cargo ship, Yakub,
a crewman, and Suharto, a passenger.
The amami cargo ship had been missing since the incidents occured on Friday last week.
The three victims were found on Thursday, floating in water close to Menui Island, Central
Sulawesi Province. Two other victims were earlier saved by the SAR team in the Banda Sea on
Saturday last week, only a day after the ship sank due to bad weather.
“The SAR team is still searching for 10 crew members and a passenger still missing after the
incident, “said Rocky Asikin, the head of Kendari SAR team.

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News Item Text
Do you know?
News item text is a text that inform the readers
about certain events or news that happening. In this
text the writer would like to give a clear information
how, why, where the event happened.

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Purpose
￮It is used to inform the readers, listeners or viewers about events of
the day which are considered newsworthy or important.

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 Text Structure
NEWSWORTHY EVENT(S)
tell the event in summary form

BACKGROUND EVENTS
Elaborate what happened, explain what caused the incident

SOURCES
Original comments by participants, witnesses, expert, authorities
or anyone involved in the event, etc.

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 Language Features
Action Verb Passive sentence
e.g.hit, attack, curb e.g. Aceh was hit by Tsumani in
2004

Saying verb
e.g. said, added, claimed Time connective/adverb
e.g. After that, meanwhile, then,
finally...
last week, Friday...

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Example:
Kendari SAR Team Finds 3 More Victims
Kendari : On Thursday, three more victims from a ships that sank in the Banda Sea were
found by a Search And Rescure Team. They were Aris Triono, the captain of the Amami cargo
ship, Yakub, a crewman, and Suharto, a passenger.
The amami cargo ship had been missing since the incidents occured on Friday last week.
The three victims were found on Thursday, floating in water close to Menui Island,
Central Sulawesi Province. Two other victims were earlier saved by the SAR team in the
Banda Sea on Saturday last week, only a day after the ship sank due to bad weather.
“The SAR team is still searching fro 10 crew members and a passenger still missing
after the incident, “said Rocky Asikin, the head of Kendari SAR team.
Passive sentence
Action verb
Saying verb
Adverb
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Example:
Kendari SAR Team Finds 3 More Victims
Kendari : On Thursday, three more victims from a ships that sank in the Banda Sea were
found by a search and rescure team. They were Aris Triono, the captain of the Amami cargo
ship, Yakub, a crewman, and Suharto, a passenger.
The amami cargo ship had been missing since the incidents occured on Friday last week.
The three victims were found on Thursday, floating in water close to Menui Island,
Central Sulawesi Province. Two other victims were earlier saved by the SAR team in the
Banda Sea on Saturday last week, only a day after the ship sank due to bad weather.
“The SAR team is still searching fro 10 crew members and a passenger still missing
after the incident, “said Rocky Asikin, the head of Kendari SAR team.

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 Yogyakarta Promotes Commuting by bike
More than 2,000 people participated in bike-to-work and bike-to-school promotional events staged on
Yogyakarta's Alun-Alun Utara Square a Monday morning.
The participants who include civil servants, private-sector employees, students, police, and soldiers
represented 30 different bicycle clubs.
"We have to support this program to help Yogyakarta be an environmentally friendly city," Yogyakarta
Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X said.
Yogyakarta Mayor Herry Zudianto said the program would benefit the city by reducing pollution levels and
global warming contributions. "It's also good for our health," he added.
Herry said the city administration would allocate funds to construct designated cycle routes if their numbers
increased significantly.

1. How many people participated in the Monday morning event?

2. What was the purpose of the event?
3. Where did the event take place?
4. Who were the participants?
5. Why did the Yogyakarta Mayor say that this program would benefit the city?
6. When would a cycle route be constructed?
7. Find words in the text that have the same meanings as these words/phrases.
take part in an open area people who join an activity
take advantage make less
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 Robbers Get Away with Rp700M in Bekasi
The Jakarta Post/Jakarta A gang of robbers broke into the house of a shop owner in Villa Jatibening Housing
Complex in Bekasi and got away with jewelry and cash worth a total of Rp700 million (US$73,500), on early
Friday morning.
Bekasi police officers claimed four robbers were involved in the crime at the house of Teddy Handoko,
owner of a home improvement and construction shop.
The police believe that the robbers broke into the house after climbing the wall behind Teddy's housing
complex, which directly borders a village. The 10-meter wall is accessible from the village side, allowing the
robbers to scale the wall using a thick rope. The robbers found entering the house easy as its back door was
unlocked.
The robbers locked up Teddy's two housemaids, Tuheni and Tulika before breaking into Teddy's room. They
threatened Teddy and his wife with a kitchen knife and made their escape. Police are investigating the case.

State whether the following statements are true (T), false (F), or not mentioned (NM).
1. Several robbers robbed a house in a housing complex.
2. The total value of the things taken was Rp700 million.
3. Teddy Mandoko runs a home improvement and construction shop.
4. The robbers have been arrested by the police.
5. The robbers broke into the house by breaking the wall behind the house.
6. The back door of the house was not properly locked
7. One of the robbers stabbed Teddy's wife with a kitchen knife.
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8. The two servants were locked up in a cupboard
 Robbers Get Away with Rp700M in Bekasi
The Jakarta Post/Jakarta A gang of robbers broke into the house of a shop owner in Villa Jatibening Housing
Complex in Bekasi and got away with jewelry and cash worth a total of Rp700 million (US$73,500), on early
Friday morning.
Bekasi police officers claimed four robbers were involved in the crime at the house of Teddy Handoko,
owner of a home improvement and construction shop.
The police believe that the robbers broke into the house after climbing the wall behind Teddy's housing
complex, which directly borders a village. The 10-meter wall is accessible from the village side, allowing the
robbers to scale the wall using a thick rope. The robbers found entering the house easy as its back door was
unlocked.
The robbers locked up Teddy's two housemaids, Tuheni and Tulika before breaking into Teddy's room. They
threatened Teddy and his wife with a kitchen knife and made their escape. Police are investigating the case.

Which paragraph has the following main ideas? Paragraph

1. The way the robbers escaped.
2. How the robbers broke into the house.
3. The number of robbers who were involved in the robbery.
4. A gang of robbers broke into a house in a housing complex.

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 NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
Headlines are printed in large letters to catch the readers' eye and use as few words as possible
Hence, we sometime call them "phrase headlines". Grammar words like articles (a. an. the)
and auxiliary verbs (is, are, was, were, may, must, can, etc.) are often left out.
See examples of phrase headlines:
• Government to Accelerate Infrastructure Development
• Government Thinking of Setting up Six Economic Corridors
• Old Woman Jailed for Shoplifting
• Cambodia, Thailand Accept RJ as Observer
• MoU of Textile Products with China Signed
Some headlines use the present tense although the event happened two days ago. Why? The
present tense gives a sense of freshness and immediacy. This makes the news more interesting
to read.

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1. The past participle is used for passive sentences. Agreement is signed today.
Headline: Agreement Signed Today (past participle)

2. The infinitive is used for future events. The President will open the ASEAN summit.
Headline: President to Open ASEAN Summit (to infinitive)

3. The present participle English teachers are having a TEFLIN seminar.

Headline: English Teachers Having TEFLIN Seminar (presen participle)

4. To be and pronouns omitted in headlines. People are free to choose their leader.
Headline: People Free to Choose Leader (adjective)

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Work in pairs. Write the normal sentences of the following headlines. One has been done for you
as an example.
Yogyakarta Tourism to Develop Even Faster:
Yogyakarta Tourism will Develop Even Faster:

1. ASEAN Chair Invited to UNSC Meeting in Cambodia

2. Seven Hundred More Indonesians Ready for Evacuation From Egypt.
3. Government Thinking of Setting up Six Economic Corridors
4. Indonesian One of Candidates for Top Role at UN's Food Agency
5. New York Times' Website Moving From Free to Fees:
6. Medical Marijuana Growers Accused of Trafficking:
7. President Shocked at Australian News Reports:

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Arrange the following into eye-catching headlines. The bold words will be the first word. One has
been done for you as an example.

Accelerate-Government-Development-to-infrastructure
Government to accelerate infrastructure development.

1. RI-Market-Countries-Tourism-ASEAN-to-to-Expand.
2. House-Millions-Construction-of-President-Cheapest-Suggest
3. In Indonesia-to-Commitment-Declare-Peace-Parties-Various.
4. Musicians-Welcomes-Ubud Festival-World
5. 2,47 Millions-Manpower-Worker-Plans-Minister-to-Place.

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How to find the informations
To find the informations, we can use 5W+H questions
What : To find what is happening
When : To find the time about the event
Where : To find the place of the event
Who : Every body who involves in the event, it can be victims, participants, witnesses, authorities, and experts
To find the cause of the event
How : To find the way how the event happened

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Thanks!
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